2.0.3 under Windows 8 perpetually "Synchronizing"

[stingleword]

I've tried it with five different wallets plus a new one, and I cannot get Electrum 2.0.3 to stop "Synchronizing" and display my available balance (as well as load my address lists and contacts). I am able to send coins and I get a notification when I receive coins, but the application is perpetually stuck in this mode and never updates the display pages. All my wallets are exclusively imported private keys - I am not using any HD wallets under Electrum. One of these wallets has literally one transaction in its history, so it shouldn't take more than a second to sync up, but it won't.

2.0.2 seems to work fine but suffers from the Zero-Size Wallet File bug (960) that has destroyed my wallets multiple times already. 1.9 is basically unusable for me (consistent periodic system-wide hangs while application is open); these problems are gone but now I can't view my balances, addresses, contacts, invoices, or history, on any wallet.

Suggestions? This is driving me nuts.

[ThomasV]

what is the size of your wallet files?
does it go away when you exit and restart electrum?

[stingleword]

what is the size of your wallet files?
does it go away when you exit and restart electrum?

Anywhere from 2 KB to 8 MB. All of them displayed this behavior.

Restarting fixes it, intermittently. Sometimes closing and restarting Electrum will fix this issue (until the next transaction) and sometimes it will not.

ninja edit Of course, now it is fine. All wallets are loading correctly (and quickly). Will report back if the problem arises again.

[stingleword]

If the addresses contain many transaction, electrum have to synchronize the data contain all transaction of all your addresses
So, you don't have to worry about it

You didn't read my problem. The wallet was stuck at "synchronizing" for over a day for every wallet, even one with only a single transaction in its entire history.

Regardless, the problem has mysteriously resolved itself and not come back so I will lock this thread.